The Middle Ages

Canterbury Tale with theme: "the love of money is the root of all evil"

12.

buried

15.

physically or mentally skillful

16.

Medieval period in British Literature

19.

Archbishop of Canterbury was was murdered

22.

fearful or timid

24.

knight who is hesistant to throw Arthur's sword into the lake

26.

author of Morte d' Arthur

28.

pleaded, asked or begged

29.

"The Twa Corbies"

30.

Sir Gawain and the ___

31.

into parts or pieces

Down

1.

legendary sword of King Arthur

2.

literary device used by Chaucer to poke fun at people's flaws or weaknesses

3.

nobility of spirit

4.

song-llike poem that tells a story

5.

common theme of folk ballads

6.

gray haired and wise

8.

purpose for characters going to Canterbury

9.

conversation in folk ballads (or any literary work)

10.

danger

11.

doing what is right

13.

subject of Morte d' Arthur

14.

searched through and robbed

17.

author of The Canterbury Tales

18.

example: Oh, where ha'e ye been, Lord Randall my son?"

20.

which ballad focuses on the pain of lost love or love that is not returned

21.

form of language used by people from different regions

23.

the repetition of key phrases in a ballad or poem

25.

"Get Up and Bar the Door" is more ___ than the three ballads

27.

pretended

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